MOTHER COUNTRY.
BRITAIN'S FORCES. ' IN THE VARIOUS SPHERES. ■Received April 10, 10.30 p.m. London, March 31. In . c 'Hoiisc of Commons uMr Churchill sJ.id we were maintaining in German}' '204,000 soldiers; in Italy, 10.000; 'ill India from 00,000 to 70,000; in the middle, east, and Caucasus, 7i">,0l)O; in Mesopotamia, 30,000; in. Egypt and Palestine 00,000; in northern Sibori i and l!n?sia, 20.000; in France, 120,000 non-combatants, who were clearing ni) the battlefields- It was contemplated keeping in Britain 170,000 and in Ireland 40,000. This was not a formidable turny to maintain tlie security of the Empire and uphold our position in Europe and secure the fruits of victory. THE SERVICES BILL. BITTERLY ATTACKED BY . PACIFISTS. Received April 10, 3.30 p.mLondon, March 31. The House of Commons carried the third reading of the Services Jjlill. After Mr Bonar Law moved the closure, the LacArites, including Mr Clynes and some Liberals, bitterly attacked it, and described the measure as ail attempt to continue the war army. The League of Nations might as well decree the number reoiiirod for future eventualities.
Mr Newbould, in his maiden speech, pointed to West Leyton result as an indication of the country's opinion of the Government's breach of faith.
Sir Ptf—ard Oirson deprecated the opposition. which was the finest tonic for Austria-Germany.
Mr Chutchill said it. was impossible to secure voluntarily before peace was ratified more than it quarter of the humber required. They had secured only seventv thousand by re-enlistment. Bix thousand soldiers on the Rhine had signed for another year The cost of the army of occupation, vsjis £203,000,000 yearly. We were entitled to deduct seventy millions for its up-keep.—Aus.-N 7,. Cable Assn. | Mr Thorne's motion for rejection was negatived. THE BELGIANS IN 'ENGLAND. London, March 31. A hundred thousand Belgians will be repatriated by the end of April. Another htmdred thousand prefer to remain in England. "A GLORIOUS DREAM." Received April 10, 8.30 p.m. London, April 31. Bishop Frodsham, in a powerful criticism of the League of Nations in the Nineteenth Century, especially in relation to the Pacific, calls it "a theoretical venture and a glorious dream." It would be a world disaster if the Empire were undermined to make room for an imperfectly thought out scheme for building a palace of peace, which may be another "castle in Spain."—Aus, N.Z. Cable Assoc, SALE OF WAR STORES. Received April 11, 1.5 a.m. [ Loudon, April 1. The Munition Department is selling 32,000,000 yards of linen stores, bought for war purposes. RECORD AEROPLANE FLIGHT. Received April 11, 1.5 a.m. London, April 1. An all-British aeroplane travelled from Paris to London in eighty minutes—a record. TOTAL V.C. AWAHDS. Received April 11, 1.5 a.m. T indon, April 1. Altogether 347 Victoria Crosses were awarded during the war period. COLLAPSE OF A BUILDING. Received April 11, 1.5 a.m. London, April 1. A aeven-storey building in Liverpool collapsed, and it is believed sixteen men were buried in the ruins. THE MINERS' TROUBLE. Received April 11, 1.5 a.m. London, April 1. The Yorkshire and other miners' associations urged members to accept the .Sankey report.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.
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